WEBVTT "TRANSFORMATION THROUGH EDUCATION". THAT'S THE MISSION OF THE OMAHA STREET SCHOOL - AN ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL IN NORTH OMAHA FOR AT-RISK TEENS. THE F-B-I IS RECOGNIZING ITS FOUNDERS... TRANSFORMED THEIR OWN LIVES.. ALL TO HELP KIDS RIGHT HERE. K-E-T-V NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S ALEX HOFFMAN REPORTS. - TO HELP TEENS SUCCEED.( dude, killin' it." ) TWO DECADES AGO-- PARSONS GAVE-UP LIFE AS AN ATTORNEY IN DENVER, TO HELP STRUGGLING TEENAGERS IN OMAHA. HE AND HIS WIFE LORRI STARTED THE 'STREET' SCHOOL.( JOHN PARSONS, OMAHA STREET SCHOOL: There was pretty clearly a need for this type of school in North Omaha.) INALEX HOFFMAN, KETV: The street school takes in kids who for one reason or another didn't make it in public school..some were expelled, some dropped out. At-risk teens are offered personalized education and spiritual guidance.)( ANTHONY RICHTIG, JUNIOR: Without this school, I wouldn't even be here. I would probably be dropout I don't even think I would even be in school. ) ANTHONY RICHTIG IS ONE OF THOSE STUDENTS. ANTHONY USED TO ATTEND OMAHA SOUTH..AND CREDITS JOHN PARSONS FOR GETTING HIM BACK ON TRACK.(ANTHONY RICHTIG, JUNIOR: He's amazing! Without him, I don't know what I would do.Because without him there wouldn't be this school without this school I wouldn't have an education. ) PARSONS SAYS THE STREET SCHOOL HAS FOUND SUCCESS BY GIVING TROUBLED TEENS SOMETHING RELATIVELY SIMPLE - JOHN PARSONS, OMAHA STREET SCHOOL: You go right at the kid. You figure out why they're out of school, and if you can address why they're not in school then you might have a chance to educate them. ) AND PARSONS SAYS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT GOALS OF THE OMAHA STREET SCHOOL HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH EDUCATION...BUT EVERYTHING TO DO WITH LOVE.( JOHN PARSONS, OMAHA STREET SCHOOL: I'm happy that every kid that has walked through the doors has loved, that they mattered that they had value. That matters OMAHA, ALEX HOFFMAN KETV NW7. THE PARSONS WILL RECEIVE THE F-B-I CITIZEN'S ACADEMY "HOMETOWN HEROES AWARD" ONE